Keddo v. G.O. & B. LLC d/b/a International House of Pancakes
- Lewis Liman
- 1:21-cv-01875
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Keddo v. G.O. & B. LLC, Judge Liman denied the arbitration motion as moot and kept the case stayed while arbitration proceeds.
Derrel Keddo and G.O. & B. LLC d/b/a International House of Pancakes, whose dispute will proceed in arbitration while the federal case remains stayed.
What happened
In Derrel Keddo v. G.O. & B. LLC d/b/a International House of Pancakes, Derrel Keddo’s lawyers said he agreed to withdraw his claims from court and proceed in arbitration after reviewing the defendants’ motion and the arbitration agreement.
Because the parties agreed to submit the claims to arbitration, the court denied the defendants’ motion to compel arbitration as moot. The court also directed the clerk to close the motion.
Judge Lewis J. Liman ordered that the case remain stayed during the arbitration proceedings. The opinion does not decide the underlying claims.
The detailed version
- Keddo v. G.O. & B. LLC d/b/a International House of Pancakes · No. 1:21-cv-01875
- Lewis Liman
- June 2, 2021
Background
Derrel Keddo was represented by counsel. His lawyers informed the court that, after reviewing the defendants’ motion to compel arbitration and the arbitration agreement with him, Keddo consented to voluntarily withdrawing his claims from court and proceeding in arbitration.
Court’s Ruling
The court stated that, given the parties’ agreement to submit the claims to arbitration, the motion to compel arbitration was denied as moot. The clerk was directed to close Docket No. 22, which was the motion to compel arbitration.
The court also stated that the case would remain stayed during the arbitration proceedings because the defendants requested a stay. The opinion cited the Federal Arbitration Act and a Second Circuit decision stating that proceedings must be stayed when all claims have been referred to arbitration and a stay is requested. The court did not decide the merits of Keddo’s underlying claims.
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